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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 20, 2017
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Gregory J. Boss, Saginaw, MI (US);

Andrew R. Jones, Round Rock, TX (US);

P. Daniel Kangas, Raleigh, NC (US);

Kevin C. McConnell, Austin, TX (US);

John E. Moore, Jr., Brownsburg, IN (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G06F 1/329 (2019.01); G06F 1/3209 (2019.01); H02J 3/14 (2006.01); H02J 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/329 (2013.01); G06F 1/3209 (2013.01); H02J 3/14 (2013.01); H02J 13/00 (2013.01); H02J 13/0062 (2013.01); Y02B 70/3225 (2013.01); Y02P 80/11 (2015.11); Y04S 20/222 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for managing power to devices in a network, using a centralized power allocation controller. The method of managing power consumption of a plurality of devices includes receiving scheduled upcoming calendar events and/or activities from one or more of a plurality of devices connected in a network. The method further includes centrally managing power consumption of a device of the plurality of devices in the network based on the scheduled upcoming calendar events and/or activities.


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